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Disregard of Corruption in-Country

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Q51 25/100

Do the armed forces have military doctrine addressing corruption as a strategic issue on operations?

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Military doctrine Score: 25 / 100
The overarching ‘Doctrine for the Armed Forces of the United States’ does not mention the word ‘corruption’ [1]. The 2018 National Defense Strategy does…
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Transparency Score: NA / 100
This indicator is marked ‘Not Applicable’ as the overarching United States military doctrine, the ‘Doctrine for the Armed Forces of the United States’, does…
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Q52 25/100

Is there training in corruption issues for commanders at all levels in order to ensure that these commanders are clear on the corruption issues they may face during deployment?

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Score: 25 / 100
The Institute of Government Ethics ‘Running an Effective Ethics Program’ outlines how ethics advisors should seek to integrate ethics training in pre-deployment training [1].…
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Q53 38/100

Is corruption as a strategic issue considered in the forward planning of operations? If so, is there evidence that commanders at all levels apply this knowledge in the field?

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Forward planning Score: 50 / 100
The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR)’s lessons learned report entitled ‘Corruption in Conflict’ states that ‘The U.S. government should make anti-corruption efforts…
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Application Score: 25 / 100
While the 2018 Stabilisation Assistance Review, has provided a framework for operational planning that includes corruption related issues [1], it remains unclear to what…
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Corruption within Mission

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Q54 50/100

Are trained professionals regularly deployed to monitor corruption risk in the field (whether deployed on operations or peacekeeping missions)?

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Corruption monitoring Score: 50 / 100
The Lead Inspector General (Lead IG) framework for oversight of overseas contingency operations requires the Lead IG to submit quarterly reports to Congress on…
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M&E policy Score: 0 / 100
Although a commitment to corruption investigations was identified, as outlined in 54A, no M&E guidance on monitoring corruption risks was found on publicly available…
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Transparency Score: 100 / 100
The quarterly Lead IG reports are all published by the DoD OIG and can be accessed publicly through the website [1,2]. Similarly, SIGAR publishes…
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Contracting

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Q55 38/100

Are there guidelines, and staff training, on addressing corruption risks in contracting whilst on deployed operations or peacekeeping missions?

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Comprehensiveness Score: 50 / 100
Contractors have played a substantial supporting role in US troop operations, both in terms of the number of contractors used and the type of…
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Training Score: 25 / 100
Contracting Officer Representatives (CORs) are US service members or civilians nominated by the contracting officer. They act as a liaison between the contracted activity…
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Private Security Companies

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Q56 NS/100

Are private military contractors employed and if so, are they subject to a similar level of scrutiny as for the armed forces?

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Policies Score: NS / 100
This indicator is not assigned a score in the GDI. There is no statute which prohibits the use of private military contractors in the…
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Scrutiny Score: NS / 100
This indicator is not assigned a score in the GDI. Contractors are managed by the Defense Contracting Management Agency (DCMA), however, they do not…
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Enforcement Score: NS / 100
This indicator is not assigned a score in the GDI. During the Iraq and Afghanistan operations, contractors accounted for more than 50% of the…
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